Acrobat/Reader -- Auto Full Save (FREE)

This tool comes to replace the "Auto Save" function in Adobe Acrobat or Reader. Unlike that function, which generates temporary save files that can't be directly opened, this tool will perform a full automatic save of the current file each X amount of time (specified by the user).

Note that only the current file will be saved, though, and that the tool will stop working when all files are closed. Due to these limitations I'm offering it for free!

How to use it:

After installing the script open a file and then go to Tools - Add-On Tools ad you'll see these two buttons:

 Clicking the first button ("Start Full Auto Save") will prompt you to enter the time in minutes between each save:

This can also be a fraction, for example, entering "0.1" will cause the file to save every 6 seconds.

Once you've done that the currently viewed file will be automatically saved at those intervals.

If the file has never been saved before (for example, if it's a temporary file one), you'll be first prompted to perform a Full Save on it manually. After which, the tool will be able to automatically save it.

Clicking the second button ("Stop Auto Full Save") will stop the Full Auto Save from running any further.

The script can be downloaded from here, and as always it comes with installation instructions.
If you find this tool useful and would like to donate, it's always appreciated!

Acrobat/Reader -- Close All Files With or Without Saving (FREE)

Update (02/03/2020): You can now select whether or not to save the files when closing them.

With the move to the new user interface in Acrobat and Reader X, there's no option to quickly close all the open files without saving them, which is why I'm offering a small script that does just that, for FREE!

This script will add a new menu item under the Window menu, called "Close All", which will simply close all the currently open documents in the application when clicked.

The script can be downloaded from here, and as always it comes with installation instructions.
If you find this tool useful and would like to donate, it's always appreciated!

Acrobat / Reader -- Quick Save (FREE)

Want to save your PDF files in Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Acrobat Reader with a single click, no dialogs or confirmations or anything like that? Now you can, using this FREE tool I've developed.

Simply download it from here, follow the instructions on how to install it and it will add a new menu item to the application's File menu that allows you to save it quickly:

 If you're on a Windows machine you can access it using the following keyboard shortcut: Alt+F, Q.

Acrobat/Reader -- Show or Hide All Layers (FREE)

Another free tool to make your work with PDF files easier, this time relating to working with Layers.
This tool will add two buttons to the application which will cause all the layers in the file to become visible or hidden with a single click.

You can get the tool here.

Acrobat/Reader DC -- Remove Duplicate Comments

A bug in Acrobat and Reader DC can sometime cause a comment to be added twice, even when you only do so once. This tool will remove all of these "duplicate" comments from your file with a single click.
Be aware, though, that this process is not reversible, so make sure to only save the file after making sure that only duplicate comments have been removed, or save it under a new name, just in case.

The tool can be downloaded for free here.

Reader -- Clear Form (FREE)

For some unknown Reader, the "Clear Form" command is missing from Adobe (Acrobat) Reader, so I created this script to put it into the application. Simply download this free tool from this link, follow the instructions file and a new menu item will appear under the Edit menu, allowing you to reset all the fields in the current file to their default values with a single click!

Acrobat / Reader 2019 -- Quick File Send Button (FREE)

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Many people are complaining about the new Share panel in Adobe Acrobat (and Acrobat Reader) 2019 and about how it "hijacks" the "Send File" command and turned what used to be a simple process into an ordeal...  Well, now there's a solution!
With this FREE tool I've developed you can restore the option to send your files from within Acrobat or Acrobat Reader 2019 with a single click!

The current user interface has this new "Share File" button under the File menu:

Old interface - Step 1 of sending file

When you click it, the Share panel on the right opens (after a while):

Old interface - Step 2 of sending file

 And then you still need to click on Send as Attachment, select your mail application and press Continue before the actual email is generated:

Old interface - Step 3 of sending file

A long and annoying process.

Well, after you install this script (detailed instructions are provided with it, of course), the old "Share File" item is replaced by my "Quick Send" item, which will create a new empty email with the current file attached to it the moment you click it (there might be some confirmation dialogs the first time you use it):

New interface - ONLY step of sending file

This item can even be accessed using a simple keyboard combination: Alt+F, Q.

And if you're using Acrobat you can even add it directly to the Quick Tools toolbar, for even faster (single-click) access, as it also adds a new toolbar item under Tools - Add-On Tools!


If you have any questions regarding this tool, you can contact me directly.

Acrobat -- Set Fields or Comments As Transparent (FREE)

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Update (02/04/2018): The script can now be used to process comments (annotations) as well as form fields. You can select specific comments and set their fill color as transparent all at once, or do all of the comments in the file with a single click!

Since the release of the latest version of Mac OS, High Sierra (and possibly some earlier versions as well), many people have reported problems setting the fill or border colors of the fields in their PDF forms as Transparent using Acrobat DC.
It seems that a bug in the application (and/or the operating system) has caused the "Transparent" check-box to disappear from the color selection dialog.

What is should look like...

However, it can still be done using a script, which is why I've developed this simple utility that allows you to select a field and set its Fill Color and/or Border Color as Transparent, with just a few clicks.


When you run it you get this window:

The script is FREE to download and use.

However, this script will only allow you to edit one field at a time, but I have available a separate tool that allows you to do this property (and many others) for multiple fields at once.
See: Acrobat -- Mass Edit Fields Properties

As always, if you have any questions regarding this tool, contact me directly.

Acrobat -- Word Count (FREE)

Update: This tool is now FREE. You can download it from here.

Just like the Word function, this script will tell you how many words there are in an entire PDF document, or on a specific page.



For more information about this script, you can contact me directly, and if you find this tool useful and would like to donate, it's always appreciated!

Acrobat/Reader -- Unlock All Comments (FREE)

Some PDF files (like those generated by Acrobat when using the Compare Documents command) have locked comments that can't be edited or removed. You can use this simple (and FREE) script to unlock all of these comments with a single click, and then you'll be able to edit them, unless there's a security policy that prevents it.

This script can be used in both Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader.
You can download it here.

Here's how it looks like in Reader:

The original file with the locked comments. Notice the padlock icon next to each one on the right.

The same file after running the script on it from its menu item in the Tools panel.

The resulting file. All the padlock icons are gone, and I was able to delete the first highlight on the page.

As always, if you have any questions about this tool, or any other tool I've developed, you can contact me directly, and if you find this tool useful and would like to donate, it's always appreciated!

Acrobat/Reader -- Move Comment Popups To The Edge (FREE)

A user's request on the Adobe Forums prompted me to create this small utility that allows you to move all of the comment popups windows to the side of the page where they are located with a single click. This script can be used in both Acrobat and the free Reader.

The script can be downloaded (for FREE) from here.

Here's a page with a couple of comments that obscure the text. You can see the button the script added on the right, under the Extended panel:

And here's the same page after clicking that button. The popups have been moved out of the way, and then page is much less cluttered now:

As always, if you have any questions about this tool, or any other tool I've developed, you can contact me directly, and if you find this tool useful and would like to donate, it's always appreciated!

Acrobat/Reader -- Anonymize Comments (FREE)

Now available for free!
This script will change the names of all authors of comments to a single value.
Handy for workflows in which multiple people comment on the same document, or if you just don't want others to know who commented on the file.
You can choose to either simply remove the author's name from all comments in the file, or to replace them with a new value, such as "anonymous".

Update: This script now includes a Batch Process (or Action) that allows you to run it on multiple files. Requires Acrobat Pro.

The basic version will also work in the free Reader, assuming Commenting is allowed.

Example:

Before:



The dialog box:



After:





If you have any questions regarding this tool, contact me directly, and if you find this tool useful and would like to donate, it's always appreciated!

Reader -- Word Count (FREE)

Using this free tool I've developed one can easily count the words in a PDF page, or in the entire file, using the free Adobe Reader. You can download it from here.

Here's how it looks like in Reader XI:

Single page mode (click to enlarge)

Entire document mode

As always, if you have any questions about this tool, or any other tool I've developed, you can contact me directly, and if you find this tool useful and would like to donate, it's always appreciated!

Acrobat -- Reverse Page Order (FREE)

A common request is for a way to reverse the order of the pages in a PDF, so I've developed a small tool that allows you to do it with a single click and I'm offering it for FREE. You can download it from here.

As always, if you have any questions about this tool, or any other tool I've developed, you can contact me directly, and if you find this tool useful and would like to donate, it's always appreciated!

Acrobat/Reader -- Hide Recent Files List (FREE)

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Acrobat (and Reader) has a built-in recently opened files list in both the File menu and the Welcome Screen. This is a handy feature, but not everyone is happy with it, and unfortunately there's no easy way to disable it entirely, until now.

The Recent Files list in the File menu and in the Welcome Screen in Acrobat

The Welcome Screen can be disabled by applying a Registry tweak, as explained here.

You can change the number of files shown in the File menu (under Edit - Preferences - Documents), but the minimum number accepted is 1. And what if you want to have no files at all? Then you can use this free tool I've developed. Simply follow the installation instructions and your File menu will be nice and clean, without any recent files in it.

Acrobat's File menu after installing the script

If you have any questions regarding this tool, you can contact me directly, and if you find this tool useful and would like to donate, it's always appreciated!

Acrobat/Reader - Disable Sign Pane and Signature Bar

Yet Another Update: Adobe just published its own instructions on how to disable the Signature Bar, both for Windows and Mac computers. See: http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/disable-echosign-detection.html

Hopefully this is a sign that they'll remove (or at least disable) this feature in future releases... We'll wait and see!

Another Update: For any Mac users willing to disable this feature, check out the discussion between myself and a Mac user in this thread (2nd reply and the comments under it). As stated there, the solution I suggested is not tested by me so I take absolutely no responsibility for trying to implement it.

Update: Adobe revealed that there's a specific registry setting to disable just the Signature bar.
See: http://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNotes/11/11.0.03.html#echosign-integration

Many people dislike the newly added "feature" in the latest versions of Acrobat and Reader that shows a green bar at the top of the document when the application thinks that is requires a signature (this seems to be based solely on the content of the document, when it contains the words "sign" or "signature").

Acrobat doing a not-very-good job of detecting when a signature is needed...
(click to enlarge)

Unfortunately, there is no option to disable this feature, which is why I delved into the registry reference and found a workaround. By downloading and executing these FREE .reg files you can completely remove the Sign pane from Acrobat or Reader, taking along with it this new signature detection feature.

The same file after running the .reg fix for Acrobat XI. Notice the Sign button is gone, as well as the green bar at the top.
(click to enlarge)

IMPORTANT: Running these files will change your registry and you do so AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Also, this workaround works only for Windows installation of Acrobat and Reader XI.

The download links are:

Disable Sign Pane (Acrobat XI)

Disable Sign Pane (Reader XI)

Enable Sign Pane (Acrobat XI)

Enable Sign Pane (Reader XI)

As always, I can be contacted directly at try6767@gmail.com, and if you find this tool useful and would like to donate, it's always appreciated!

Acrobat X -- Return Stamp Name to Stamps Menu

There is an unfortunate change made to the way the stamps menu works in Acrobat X.
While in previous versions the name of the stamp appeared in the Stamps menu underneath the stamp image, in Acrobat X it is gone. If you have multiple stamps with similar looks it is now very difficult to distinguish between them because of this new behavior (bug?).

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Batch Change Bookmarks Type (FREE)

This small tool will convert the bookmarks created by combining PDF files to "regular" bookmarks, like those created using Ctrl+B or using a script.

I'm offering this tool FOR FREE: Download now!

The app looks like this:

This is the bookmarks panel of a file before running the tool on it. The first three bookmarks were created when the file was combined, and the last one was created manually. Notice they have different icons.

This is the same file, after being processed with the tool.
All bookmarks are now of the same kind.

If you find this tool useful and would like to donate, it's always appreciated!

Acrobat -- Move Field Precisely (FREE)

This tool is available for free: Download now!

Placing form fields in Acrobat can sometimes be a challenge, especially if you want to achieve precise results, which is why I created this tool.
It allows you to select a form field (only one at the moment), and then move it a precise amount of points in whichever direction you want. You can also manually specify the exact coordinates of the field.

After selecting the field...

You can specify in which direction to move it...

and by how much...

Or, you can manually view and edit its coordinates:

For more information about this tool you can contact me directly, and if you find this tool useful and would like to donate, it's always appreciated!

Acrobat/Reader -- Get Field Dimensions (FREEBIE)

You can use this (free) script to display the dimensions of a form field in your file.

You can download the code from here: FREE DOWNLOAD

The result looks like this:

Enjoy this freebie, and if you find this tool useful and would like to donate, it's always appreciated!